The story dragged with no real development on most of the plots introduced, making the chapters completely pointless and extremely boring. The lack of plot was repetitive in each chapter. Usui and Misaki’s relationship is really the biggest saving grace in this series. Their chemistry is incredibly good. The subplots were distracting and invasive, (not to mention exaggerated and overdone), which really tears us away from Misaki and Usui’s relationship most of the time. They should’ve been the center focus completely. The filler characters literally do not mean shit to the plot, (with maybe the exception of Igarashi and Gerald) and to be honest I skipped most of the extra chapters that focused on those filler characters. There are way too many filler characters. For the 18 volumes that exists, this series should’ve been reduced to at least half (probably less) for the full story to be told. It is apparent that the manga artist struggled coming up with ideas and a direction for KWMS.
For me, the biggest disappointment was how the plot with Misaki’s dad was handled. He is literally the reason why Misaki has such a stubborn, harsh, angry personality, and also became a man hater. He came back as a comedic trope and Misaki acted nonchalantly and shrugged him off; which is very unlike her. He practically got a slap on the wrist getting away with breaking up the family. I just cant believe there was no confrontation. Misaki should’ve acted out in anger towards him and we should’ve seen some sort of rekindling between them; a redemption arc for the father. The father’s subplot was so crucial to Kaichou wa Maid Sama and the opportunity was completely butchered. It should’ve been the biggest turning point in the series.
There were many missed opportunities for character growth all around. I would only recommend this series just for Misaki and Usui’s relationship, otherwise I would never recommend it at all.
It’s sad that I’m no longer a fan of KWMS. I was very close to dropping this but I needed to stick it through to give a full opinion on it. Getting rid of this from my collection now 🥲
